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Forest Fires and Healthcare

November 5, 2019
Healthcare Providers, Healthcare Strategy

Remember a few weeks ago when I posted on the challenges that face hospitals in my home state of SC (Let alone FL!!!) when a hurricane threatens? And reported that researchers are actually gathering statistics to provide hospital decision makers with guidance as...

Call 911 And Get A Shrink Instead Of A Cop

October 30, 2019
Healthcare Strategy, Recommendations

Check this out. What you will see is an article that describes a forward-thinking Oregon program known as CAHOOTS, Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets. The premise here is a simple one, i.e., police should not be involved in rendering...

Is Amazon In Or Out OF The Drug Biz???

May 1, 2018
Healthcare Strategy

Check out this newscast segment. Watch the video. Cut through the brief advertisement and the accents of the newscasters. What you will see is the report that Amazon has shelved, at least for the moment, its plan to distribute drugs to the hospital marketplace. In...

There Is No Such Thing as Failure!!!

January 8, 2018
Healthcare Strategy, Patient Engagement

The Psychologist in me really likes this new FDA approach to promoting smoking cessation. Basically, its premise is that there is no such thing as failure in attempts to stop smoking. Either you succeed, or you learn things in the attempt that get you closer to success...

Amazon Claims It Won’t Sell Drugs … FOR NOW!!!

November 30, 2017
Healthcare Strategy

Check this out. What you will see is the report that Amazon is telling state pharmacy regulators that it will NOT use its pharmacy licenses to sell drugs, at least for now. I believe them. At least for now. As usual, Amazon is exercising strategic and tactical elegance...

CVS Beats Amazon to the Punch???

November 14, 2017
Healthcare Strategy

We have talked before about the rumors that Amazon is about to enter the pharmacy marketplace. If their approach to this new space parallels their general positioning, speed of delivery will be a major component of their offering. Check out this article. What you...

ZDOGGMD Strikes Again

October 27, 2017
Healthcare Strategy

In one of his musical riffs, ZDOGG disabuses us of the notion that somebody is JUST a pharmacist. In his usual musical parody style, this crazy doctor points out the important roles that pharmacists actually serve, as well as highlighting the fact that the profession...

Keep It Going!!!

October 9, 2017
Current Events, Healthcare Strategy

We have already talked about this case. A nurse arrested for “failing” to follow a policeman’s orders to draw blood from an unconscious patient who wasn’t charged with anything. No warrant. No nothing!!! But take a few moments and read this blog post. Importantly,...

Guidelines

August 10, 2017
Healthcare Strategy

“Dr. Bob,” the “academic internist” pictured above, makes an important point in this blog post. All well and good, he maintains, to have carefully thought out guidelines for treating medical problems. BUT. He points out that as much thought must be given to figuring...

Do Pimples Pay???

July 13, 2017
Healthcare Strategy

Check out this piece of improbable research. What you will see is that kids with acne do better in school. As usual when faced with a correlation, we are left to ask the question as to which way does the causal arrow flow. We are guessing that good performance in...